Recommend me a fuzz or something fun to fill out one open spot…

[Joben Magooch]

Currently I have a Lightspeed/Mach One in this position but I'm a bit bored with it and feel it's redundant based on my other pedals around it. Rest of drives consist of Paragon/KoT, Pro-10/Protein, and Barber Gain Changer. I don't use a ton of modulation and have most of that covered when needed by my M5. So I'm thinking perhaps a fuzz might be fitting?

My criteria:

- Needs to be 125B sized (or smaller, I suppose)
- Buffer-friendly (General Tso's compressor comes ahead of it in signal chain and it's not super practical for me to route around this right now)
- Ideally: doesn't require any hard to find components/transistors that are going to cost $$$/require particularly careful component matching/selection/etc.
- Sounds nice for slide work (some of my go-to fuzz tones in my head seem to be for slide)
- A random smattering of tonal/stylistic influences, if it helps: Jimmy Page, John Frusciante, David Gilmour, Derek Trucks, Mike Campbell, Gary Clark Jr

I know it's not a perfect fit for some of the aforementioned tones but I guess I'm leaning towards some sort of Big Muff variant as that seems to be the go-to post-buffer-friendly fuzz to my knowledge. But of course there are a million and one different takes on it, so I'm not sure which direction to go there...

 

[Synchrony Pedalworks]

Kewpie fuzz will be your next best friend. It is a big muff variant that rips. It is silicon based, so it should work with the buffer.

 

[spi]

Fuzz Aldrin is my favorite fuzz. It should be buffer friendly.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Simulcast

 

[Joben Magooch]

Go figure. I literally had all three of these on my “shortlist”

 

[mkstewartesq]

Second on the Kewpie - huge range of tones in one box, and I run it after my General Tso to no ill effect. (That being said, because some of my other pedals downstream don't like buffers, I added a switch to the Tso to disable the buffer when needed. But the Kewpie doesn't mind either way.)

 

[Giorfida]

Ermagherd!
Does the Si Fuzz Face thing, but has enough extra hair that it has the Velcro thing going on if desired.

 

[hamerfan]

i would look into marshallesk (like a Guvnor) or a Colorsound (gilmourish) Distortion.

 

[Diynot]

MBP Cosmopolitan (Skreddy Screwdriver). I have it after the MBP Blue Steel (BD-2) and it still rips. That or I see JHS has a new pedal…… the Tacobolt (f that noise and could possibly be an early April fools)

 

[HamishR]

I am loving the Aclam Mocker (Beatle Juice Fuzz). One of the more fun fuzzes I have tried recently.

 

[kristopher]

Oh boy. So many fuzzes to try. Good luck on the hunt. I personally love the Velcro sound. And appreciate the smooth creamy sustain with Muffs. This may sound a bit ignorant, but Fuzz falls into a few categories. Fuzz face/tonebenders, big muff pi’s, and superfuzz octave fuzzes. Obviously there is more to it.
Because of your buffers, I suggest the Pi’s. The Frantone stuff is splendid.
As a cautionary note. Fuzz is addictive. I have had a fuzz foundry on my board for over a year, and I am currently building 6 other fuzzes, just because. Today I hope to finish the Hyped fuzz.
One last thing, the Sam Ash Fuzz Boxx(Astrotone/GuitarPCB fzzz bxxx) is a cool versatile circuit. Overdrive and fuzz, with decent volume control. And it works well in various locations in the chain.